Central Colorado Area Health Education Center

Central Colorado AHEC is a community-based non-profit organization driven by the priority needs of the communities that it serves in 11 counties of: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Gilpin, and Jefferson.

Our Vision:

“A healthy and informed populace served by a well educated, diverse work force in an accessible health care delivery system.”

Central Colorado Area Health Education Center

What's New

Dinner Registration for the 2010 Metro Regional Nightingale Awards

Dinner registration has opened for the nominees for the 2010 Metro Denver Nightingale Awards. For more information.

2010 Denver Metropolitan Regional Science & Engineering Fair

The 47th Annual Denver Metropolitan Regional Science Fair from the seven-county Denver metropolitan area; the best minds from grades 6 through 12. The 24th & 25th February 2010 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. For more information.

Colorado Health Careers - Update is Complete!

The Colorado Health Careers website has been updated! All of its health careers and the Colorado schools who offer training and degrees to support them have been updated and there are more on-line courses then ever. Find the updates at Colorado Health Careers.

RN & LPN/LVN Online Refresher Courses

This course has been designed and developed as an "online" refresher course for the RN or LPN/LVN who needs to activate their nursing license or for those who wish to return to active nursing practice. For that and other online courses visit the Central CO AHEC Professionals page.

Living with Visual Impairments and Other Challenges on Ranches and Farms

Plan now to attend this free workshop. It’s for farmers and ranchers and their family members with disabilities who want to continue or start farming/ranching. The workshop is also for professionals who work with agricultural individuals and families with disabilities, e.g. Extension Agents, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, County Health Nurses, Chiropractors, home health care providers, etc.. Downlaod the registration flyer.

Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program is a selective program of the U.S. Government that helps alleviate the critical shortage of registered nurses currently experienced by certain types of non-profit health care facilities by helping nurses working at them to repay their student loans. More information.

The Colorado Trust Health Professions Scholarship Program

This a 2-year scholarship to assist enrolled graduate level Health Professions students by paying for a significant portion of their education. Applications open 1 May 2010. More information.

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